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No I'm not taking any kind of creatine at the moment. I have taken the powder and tablets and both seem to make me bloat. Whilst I'm a few few pounds from a six pack I get really bloated and my stomach goes solid. It's really annoying because the upshot is my strength goes through the roof when I'm on it

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Let's not over complicate things and get all anal about fitting it in to our macro's... A cheat meal/ cheat day to me and probably most other people is that big fat slab of cream cake or some fish and chips or something that the little devil on our shoulder is poking us a saying ' eat it '. We know it's bad and in most…

Oh yes!!

Mines normally a Friday, ( fatboy Friday) where I have a naughty meal like a take away and the rest of the day just eat what I fancy but be aware of what I'm eating, ie not eating 10 chocolate bars

Try... Banana, frozen blueberries, oats (I know you said you don't like them but in a smoothie you won't taste them and they fill you up) kale, spinach ( trust me ha ha) and water. I don't like 70% of these ingredients but altogether they are lovely.

Smoothies pal. Highly nutrious as long as you don't put bad foods in there

Wow busy busy. It all depends what your after.. Fitness..muscle tone..weight loss..or all three.? If it's all three then I would superset weights along with interval training on the tredmill mill. For example on the tredmill mill 5 minutes warm up followed by ten minutes of interval runs, so a minute at say speed 6 or 7 (…

Add it on, not take it off guys Running total with both yours added on is.. 672.4 + mine of 4lbs... New total is 676.4

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Body weight exercises are the best. For your back that would wide arm overhand pull ups...But they are not easy so I would suggest doing reverse flyes, or lat pull downs. Do three triple drop sets of any of the exercises and this will tone you and burn off fat because of the intensity. Triple drop sets are as follows. Pick…

There is a lot of idle fattys in this country, so if got one NHS abuser off there *kitten* by spelling out you need to move to burn off the pizzas you eat on a daily basis.. Then it did it's job.

This sounds really heavy and calorie dense don't you think? Maybe after a hard work out I would suggest this.

My knees also click... I think is just air escaping the joints....could be wrong. It will sound louder weight training as it's being forced out at a higher velocity

Not sure what 'cinnebun flabored trutein ' is but can hazard a guess ha ha, sounds awesome. I have the exact same power smoothie as you bit also add in some milled linseed

You can certainly mix protein powder with all sorts. My favourite is with a banana, porridge oats, blueberries, and Greek yogurt. The protein bars are good but i use them as a ' *kitten* I forgot my Pro Powder' or as a 'NEED SUGAR!! ' Myprotien.com has lots of good protein at good prices

Because your at home, it's an ideal opportunity to do body weight exercises in a circuit. This will increase your heart rate, therfore burning calories and increase muscle tone. Try this..... 30 seconds of each exercise.. Dips, ( use a chair to rest your hands on, legs out in front then lower to a 90 degree bend in the arm…

I'm not suggesting you don't already, but the first sign of thirst is hunger, you may just not be drinking enough. Failing that eat little and often. Nuts, fruit, wholemeal pittas, etc etc

Eggs eggs and more eggs. Cheap, easy, fast food full of protein. If your worried about the calories then use less yolks, but the yolks are rich in nutrients and I never discard them

HGH,,, juice,, take your pick

Yes and no... Week one of the cycle is definitely hypnotherapy orientated, week 3 works different muscle fibres so as to increase stamina levels. What do you mean by a lot of redundancy in one training day?

Sorry it took so long to replay mate, my routine is as follows Monday ::: 4 warm up sets of squats ( increasing weigh each time). Then 4 working sets of 8-10 reps of around 70% of 1rm. Followed by the same with leg press, hack squats, leg curls, straight leg dumbell deadlift, Romanian split squats, reverse leg curls. The…

How often do you do a 1rm workout?? Every 6 weeks or so, as a bench mark?? How often do you train 1rm??? Once every 6 weeks??, as a bench mark. My 1rm is around 485, if I were doing 5x5 I would be training at around 450-430 mark. Come back and tell me you can do that 3 times a week. And to echo lolbroscience...That aint…

do you?? Please feel free to add something to the the debate?

Well the thing here is "repeat that up to four times a week". No one squatting 4-6 times a week is repeating the same intensity/volume everyday.[/quote] I refer you to mcloud33's statement.

I'm sorry guys but you sound like classic overtrainers. I agree to a certain extent with @cajuntank, ie going lighter to aid recovery, however 3x5 3 days a week???. No way, there is no way after a proper and quality squat session you could repeat that up to four times a week, if you can..ask yourself how! The simple…

make sure that they are a all in one shake, ie 50g ish of carbs, otherwise you may start to feel hungry and be tempted to snack on rubbish

Don't spend your money on all these pre workouts!! XPLODE this and BOOST that,,,it's all a money spinning load of bollocks. (It says its good... Therfore it must be.....oh I feel so much more alive..# placebo effect). Caffeine is the main ingredient on almost all of those shakes... Just drink a cup of black coffee. Studies…

Couldn't of put it better. Never be afraid to ask people for advice you will find they will be more than willing to help. I train on my own and on my heavy weeks and always ask randoms for a spot. Nobody has ever told me to do one.

I deadlift once a week. Whilst it is probably the best all round exercise to do it is also the hardest in terms of form. I agree with everyone that you should check with your doctor, but I get back ache every time I do them, it's just the nature of the exercise and your back will only get stronger over time